The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-08-03

MIN hNANh 1890 So SbA
ployccs of the construction train.
There are 1900, 900 registered slaves In
BlaZil, but before long they will nj I've free.
All slaves registered under the act Of 1871
will DC Tree III Two more years. Until then
they serve their masters, but receive pay.
\ slave who eau raise 5000 can purchase
his freedom ut once.
The Interstate Commission docs not re.
gard the fact that Communication tickets arc
put on sale ut given rate, TO be one that
entities Tic purchaser of n mileage ticket to
complain of unjust discrimination If
charged n higher rate. The circumstances
| and condition. The .opinion says, "arc not
tho Samc.'
The library of the late Rev. Archibald
Alexander Hodge, ID. d., professor of di-
laCtiC and polcmic theology IL Princeton
Theological Seminary, has been, with the
exception Of a few volumes retained b. the
family Of the deceased, presented to Lincoln
University, near Oxford. The collection
of books embraces several hundred Volumes.
a special from Clinton, Iowa, says that
| boys at play set fire to q barn In a thickly
settled part of the city Tuesday afternoon.
TIC baptist church aud four residences
were destroyed, and half n dozen other
! structures were badly damaged. The loss
IS about SO, 600; only partly insured.
a construction train, carrying over 100
laboyCls, was run into on "Wednesday even
in% 10y Il freight train, with fearful consc-
uuCncCs. Five men were killed outright
and ninG wounded, of which latter two will
die. Responsibility for the disaster is not
yet located.
y delegation from Lynclburg, Va,
headed by Senator Daniel, called ON the
President aud invited him to attend the
State Fair, 10 be held ut Lynchburg in
October next. The President promised to
consider the invitation, and he said he
would give them Il decided answer at u
later day.
The Board Of Guardians Of Limerick,
iceland, has declared the Poor Law Union
Bankrupt. Nine thousand pounds is due
To contractors for supplies. The banks have
and rates have not been paid. The Board
q! Guardians has ordered that legal action
he iT"un 10 lCcOucr rates
NCltnlr side in Texas uses Il soft answer
10 lltn away wrath. Congressman Mills,
aux rivhiuilrniat, in n speech the other
dAy, asserted lhat hell was full to over.
,IoW,n" with such political preachers as
Do. q. II. CNuoii,' %whcrcupon tho Waco
ior"tcc, prohiOitioDist. calls Mr. Mills,
"lni3 ioul mouthCd, inlidclic, snakc.cycd
muDs,ri.
The father Of Brooks, alias Maxwell, the
81. Louis trunk murderer, is OF his way
from England To- make 4 last desperate
cllu4t to styu HIS sons life. IL is, Of course,
iriu siblc Tor The Door old man u avert
| jic doom OF his guilty son, but he clings to
liz, hone That he may succeed. Brooks Is
u",ir' sentence to he hung on tho goth of
AN&..t.
DuC al the Y~ucCIest i,Ctg IN natural his.
lorv ms tCru discovered Dy icy. j. y.
Lu,icuv, OF itichmOnd, who gives ii to tic
". tid IA his rcliGiuMS journal a9 follows:
"NS len Il eimrrow hawk pOunccs on a
].u,nva, ,n ilts the guinea fly, but the
iHat a.t,iln o. the back Of the fowl, uses
IL. iu' ~ guide The g..inC&. lie always
sllyr, us victim To his nest in The forest"
Ills lg,icrsiuod that Tic United States
steam .i!iu Atlanta on Tuesday went ashore
on 4 Yea! ro,N lClrC aud broke one of her
prnla'lut blades. Her officers arc very re.
iulil, but i Is believed that the report is
rue. At al events She put back to New.
Doti Il L., although She went out for Il
ten u,y. cruise, and iSnow anchored to the
hiuY oil The training station.
4. '.l.in.C mHidcmic prevails in tho Ben
Uu,.,. /, acut!uD Uf Marlboro county, S. e..
N.tllu a small area OF the county. 40:
N...t ,Im l.! miles square, 30 or more per.
sons !,tNc ui,i H'llin Il period Of 30 days.
Ia, Cuiu,nlu seems to ,u i fever. Several
I ,,isun5 a!c Al!il very low, but with TIE
,t,u. go, 10 iIsi few days, il is hoped that
tho urCIae VIII DC checked.
'iI.- .UycHln annual State prohibition
convention q. IN g'sSiun ut Jackson Miss,
Iii.yl' one counties nic represented by
| rrgt.,lr DELEGATES and scycfaiSby progy.
! pOsCu vi representative men, and they up.
| pcal ID 'y deeply Interested in the cause Of
].l"m,u, ,oN. bishop Galloway, Of the
Aiu,i. dat Ch"irh Is thc pycGiding officer.
y 1l"o,N !i&hl began in Ecll county, ky.,
wE.,n sill. progresses. The sheriff sum.
nu4cd - irpssCC to arrest II panty of Turner's,
liyin" GA Yellow Creek in that county,
| Wi,ui, .slcd, and in The GTht which cnsucd,
Cga, Thomas, Of the posse, and George
iulu,i ). ,nC other side, were killed.
Each side has .,coI &c infCrccd and the
llGh. Is raging hotter than at irsl.
Tiy Inter State Commission says that
yui5.Hs belonging 80 the class known as
ootunlylcial travellers arc not p%rlvilcdgcd to
:iuC ONct The railroads 1t lower rates than
I.C pHid nN other persons. Whatever rcaS.
enable rate commercial travellers arc made
t. "4l other travellers may h. maze to pay.
/, sarge one more than another Is mi un
u disc limitation. And this Is true
wl,lhcr tickets issued arc mileage tickets
"r "a 2oi..C ui'lcr lOIm.
y nicotine OF jhC lticiilonL, Va, Dem
oCrLil Committee unanimously adopted i
g' .ulullun lCuucsting Blair, II member of
Tic committee and II wealthy and promi-
ncnl business inan, 10 resign, on account Of
articles of his which appeared In The New |
YORK iH0CycHdCHt, charging Democrats in
The South with fraud In elections and the
intimidation Of negroes, aud advocating
mixed schools and similar doctrines.
Tuesday nights very heavy rains did i'm. |
meme damage ut tho Falls Of Schuylkill, |
and The oldest .cgidcnts of the place say |
that it was tho heaviest storm thoy cycr cX. |
pyricncCd. Rain began to fall carly In the |
evening and until midnight poured in tor.
rents. Water rushed down the hilly streets,
and at ! O'clock yesterday morning a roar. |
inc slrclm siA .CGi deep poured down Milf |
lin street. y number OF buildings were !
washed away, and the water was five feet 1